<p>So basically this whole college application process is way stressful, but you all seem like a smart and helpful bunch. I would like to know my chances for:</p>
<p>Columbia
NYU
George Washington
Georgetown
American
St. John's
and, if anybody knows UK colleges:
Nottingham
London School of Economics
Kings College London
Oxford - open</p>
<p>Also, are there any other colleges I should take a good look at? How important is volunteering?</p>
<p>My GPA is about a 4.2, and I'm either second or third in my class of about 75.
I'm in NHS, the VP of the drama club, the treasurer for the junior class, and I've played JV soccer for the last two years. Freshman year I was involved in MESA (Math Engineering Science Achievement), Job Mentorship Program, and acted as a mock trial witness and attorney. My family moved before my sophomore year to Germany (yay being an Air Force brat!) and at my current school I got involved in MUN, participating in local MUNs as well as the largest MUN in the world, The Hague International Model United Nations on the legal comittee in the General Assembly. I also founded a Junior State of America chapter at my school and was elected president. This year I particpated in THIMUN Youth Assembly on the Committee On Mutual Effects of Conflict and Xenophobia. I've also participated in National History Day two years, placing first in my school both times, and this year 2nd in Europe. I've attended DramaFest and LinguaFest, a cultural and foreign language seminar. Lastly, I attended JSA Summerschool at Georgetown in 2004 and studied AP Government and JSA Summerschool at Yale in 2005 where I studied Honors Constitutional Law and Honors Public Speaking and the Law. I don't have a whole lot lined up for this summer, but I am volunteering at the Children's Chronic Arthritis Association (CCAA) weekend outside of London.</p>
<p>I've taken a challenging courseload all through high school and my only poor grades have been in math (B- in Algebra 1, C in Honors Geometry, B in Math Analysis... A in Algebra 2 though!), so I dropped my math course midway through this year, meaning I only have 3.5 math credits. Is that a big problem? I <em>could</em> take AP Calculus next year, but I doubt I'd do well... other than that, I've taken AP Language and AP US History and AP US Gov't (with a score of 4 as a sophomore). Next year I'm not taking the most challenging courseload as I'm not planning on taking AP Physics or AP Calculus, but if that would be a major problem for college admissions, I could reconsider. I am taking AP Bio, AP Lit, and I'm going to try to take AP European History online somewhere.</p>
<p>Oh, and my SAT score was a 2030 (v:690, w:720, m:630), but I retook it and think I did a bit better. I also took SAT2 US History, Lit, and Math 1C and got a 730, 740, and 560 respectively (note the whole "math not being my strong suit" thing... :-D
Wow, it feels weird to babble about myself for so long. But thanks for listening and contributing your help. I really appreciate it!</p>